John Orpen

John Herbert Orpen (30 September 1868 - 3 December 1950) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century.[1]

He was born on 30 September 1868, educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and ordained for service in the Diocese of Liverpool in 1894.[2] He held curacies in Toxteth, Beeston and Ross-on-Wye. After this he served incumbencies at Burton, Pembrokeshire, Thurston and Melton.[3] He was commissioned as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces on 1 October 1918, and was attached to the 1st London Reserve Brigade in Eastern Command.[4] A son was killed in July, 1916, serving as an officer with the Lancashire Fusiliers.[5] In 1929 he became Provost of St Edmundsbury, a post he held until 1940. From then until his death on 3 December 1950 he was Rector of Fornham All Saints.[6]

  1. ^ Deaths.The Times(London, England), Tuesday, Dec 05, 1950; pg. 1; Issue 51866.
  2. ^ Ordinations. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 20, 1893; pg. 15; Issue 34139.
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 p 982 Oxford, OUP,1947
  4. ^ Medal Card Museum of Army Chaplaincy
  5. ^ Roll of Sons and Daughters of Clergy killed in the Great War by Richard Ussher,accessed on Internet
  6. ^ National Archives